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Filed June 8. 1929 HI *i IIII uw' f Patented Jan. 17, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE g FRANK J'. SCHLEICHER, OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI BOX I Application filed June 8, 1929. p Serial No. 369,441.

This invention relates to boxes, and an object is to provide a box having a-lid or cover, in combination with a statuette or image constituting an ornamental4 attachment for the lid or cover and also function'-v tioned having improved means for securing N the ornamenting statuette or image in conj nection with the lid or cover of the box.

Other objects will appear from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my improved box.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. v

The box lshown comprises a base includ- M ing a lower section or ply 1, an upper section t or ply 2 seated upon the ply 1 and secured thereto by glue, a ply 'constituting a bottom lining, an outer side walll 4 and an inner ply 5. The ply 3 is secured to the ply 2 by n glue and the plies 4 and 5 are similarly se- "0 cured together. The upper marginal edge of theJr ply 4 is below the upper edge of the ply 5 so as to constitute a support forl the lid or cover, an important feature of the pres-l or ent invention.

N The lid or cover comprisesl an inner ply 6 shaped to fit nicely within the upper portion of the enclosure formed by the wall 4 and to seat closelyl upon the upper edge of the inner ply 5.

polygonal so that the lid member 6 is thus supported upon the ply 5 and is held from,

turning by the ply 4.

A ply 7 of smaller areal than the ply 6 is seated upon said ply 6 and secured thereto by glue or other appropriate fastening means. The statuette or image 8 is mounted centrally upon the part 7 of the Vlid or cover and may v The box is preferably 'cent to said eyelets, and a flexible fastener 9 passing y through eyelets 10 in the ply 7. Thus, the means for fastening the statuette or image to the lid or cover may be such as to permit detachment of said statuette or image and is preferably means different from the means securing together'theplies 6 and 7 lSince the lid 6 cannot turn about in the vupper portion of the enclosure formed by the wall 5 it is impossible for the statuette or image to become faced in the wrong direc- 59 tion when the lid is once applied to the box.

A box of this kind is `highly useful and ornamental and the form of the statuette or image may be `varied widely without departure from the principle of the invention. 55, So, too, the construction and arrangement of the plies forming the walls of the box may be varied andother changes may be made as desired. I do not restrict myself in unessential respects, but what I claim and desire to 7U secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a box, a lid comprising two plies of material superimposed one upon the other and the upper ply having spaced openings theren through, an upwardlyextended handle element seated upon the upper Vply of said lid,

and a-i'lexible vfastener engaging said upwardly extended element and` extending.- through and Vacrossthe space between said openings and being wholly covered at the under side of said upper ply by the lower ply v ofl said lid and securing said element on said' li l 2. A device of the character` described comprising two superimposed plies of mate- Y rial attached to each other, a number of eyef lets opening through the upper ply of material, an upwardly extended handle element seated on said upper ply of material adjaengaging said upwardly extended element and extending through said eyelets and loei tween saidplies of material and detachably securing said upwardlyv extended element in the position' aforesaid. Y

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be secured thereto in different ways as by a r string or tape or ribbon 9 attached to the d lower portion of said 'statuettevor image and 

